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Employer-Employee Relationship Must Be Defined In Car Accident Lawsuits

Under the respondeat superior legal theory, an employer can be held liable for his employees’ acts that occur within his scope of employment. This means that a truck company, for example, may be held...

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Medical Malpractice Claims Rely Heavily Upon Prescriptive Period

In Louisiana, a civil law doctrine known as “prescription” limits the amount of time that may pass before someone files a lawsuit. Prescription is the extinction of a right of recovery and occurs due...

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Medical Malpractice Ruling Awards Wrongful Death Damages

Imagine taking your mother to the emergency room for abdominal pain and vomiting. A CT scan and x-ray do not reveal any serious medical issues, and blood work merely shows that her potassium level is...

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Car Accident Leads to Examination of Mutual Responsibility

We’ve all been there: you’re running late for work, so you rush out the door and into your car. You drive ever so slightly above the speed limit, and all the traffic lights you come across are green....

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Rayville Doctor Found to Have Acted Within Standard of Care

Going to the hospital can be an unsettling experience. There are many ways treatment can go wrong and result in serious injury or death. Medical conditions can be misdiagnosed or wrongly diagnosed,...

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Medical Malpractice Subject to Prescription Limits

Doctors at the Women and Children’s Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana, botched Beverly Lebouef’s surgery in 2003. Eventually Lebouef sought legal advice and brought action against her surgeon. Much...

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Louisiana Medical Malpractice Case Examines Federal Antidumping Laws

A recent case arising from occurrences in West Carroll Hospital considers the Louisiana and federal antidumping laws. In addition, it also explains the requirements for a case under medical...

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Rear-End Collision Case Examines Liability, Statutes in Louisiana

A case arising out of a St. Martin Parish accident has shed light on the responsibility placed on drivers following behind another vehicle. According to Journet v. Mouton out of the Court of Appeal...

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Personal Jurisdiction Reviewed in Case With International Implications

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a judge’s dismissal of the People’s Republic of China and a Chinese company, Xiamen, from litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...

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Prescription an Integral Element of Lawsuits After Wrongful Death

A few months after being in a car wreck, the unthinkable happens, and as a result of the accident, your loved one passes away. As you are mourning the loss, you also have to start thinking about your...

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